Happy Breath-Day Linda (2022), Birthdayarama in celebration of Linda Mary Montano's 80th birthday, organised by Franklin Furnace and The Interior Beauty Salon, New York City US

Hari Om dear Linda,

In 3 of the 108 upanishad

it is written that the jiva,

the individual soul,

utters Ham-sa mantra

21,600 times in one day and one night.

21,600 breaths in one day

7,884,000 breaths in one year

631,130,400 breaths in 80 years

(including the 19 leap year extra days)

We could measure the passing of time with our breaths.

We could keep count of breaths, not years.

Breathing keeps us alive.

And when we die,

breathing changes and exits our body.

So, here

dear Linda

dear like a sister-in-performance-art

dear like a timeless fellow jiva

I want to offer you one of my breaths

and wish you HAPPY BREATH-DAY.

[Action with party blower]

[Action with red balloon]

Hari Om

Video stills Xie Rong